Today's Trivia and What Happened on October 3

Can you figure out the Daffynition of SARCHASM?

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The gap between your sarcastic remark and the person who didn't get it

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Quote: The grass is greener where you water it. - Neil Barringham

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O.J. Simpson - Not Guilty

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O.J. Simpson - Not Guilty

October 3, 1995

Football Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson is found not guilty for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend Ronald Goldman. The trial was dubbed "The Trial of the Century" due to its immense media coverage. An estimated 100 million people nationwide tuned in to watch or listen to the verdict announcement. No additional arrests or convictions related to the murders have been made.

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The Dick Van Dyke Show

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The Dick Van Dyke Show

October 3, 1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show debuts on CBS, starring Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. The series would win 15 Emmy Awards.

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The Andy Griffith Show

October 3, 1960

The Andy Griffith Show debuts on CBS, starring Andy Griffith as sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry, Don Knotts as his cousin/deputy, Ron Howard as his son Opie, and Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee.
Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard created the show as an episode of The Danny Thomas Show the previous February, titled Danny Meets Andy Griffith, with the intention of spinning it off into its own show. During this pilot episode, it was revealed that Opie's mother died when Opie was "the least little speck of a baby." In the first episode, Andy's Aunt Bee comes to help raise Opie, as she had also helped raise Andy.

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The Mickey Mouse Club

October 3, 1955

The Disney TV show The Mickey Mouse Club debuts on ABC, featuring the Mouseketeers led by head Mouseketeer 45-year-old Jimmie Dodd. The original run lasted until 1959, but continued intermittently in various versions until 1996.

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Captain Kangaroo

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Captain Kangaroo

October 3, 1955

The long-running children's show debuts on CBS. It starred Bob Keeshan as the Captain and Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum as Mr. Green Jeans, along with Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose. It ran until 1984 (29 years) becoming network TV's longest-running children's show up to that time. American Program Service (now American Public Television, Boston) mixed new segments into previous episodes, creating a new version of the series until 1993.

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Great Britain Detonates Atomic Bomb

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Great Britain Detonates Atomic Bomb

October 3, 1952

Great Britain detonates their first atomic bomb. The test was conducted in the Monte Bello Islands of Western Australia in Operation Hurricane.

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

October 3, 1952

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debuts on ABC. Running for 14 seasons, it became TV's longest running situation comedy (until surpassed by The Simpsons in 2004). The series starred Ozzie Nelson, his wife Harriet Nelson, and their sons, David Nelson and Ricky Nelson. Ricky Nelson became a teen idol as a result of the show.
The show began as a radio program in 1944 and eventually migrated to television.

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First Dramatic TV Series with a Black Star

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First Dramatic TV Series with a Black Star

October 3, 1950

Beulah debuts on ABC, starring Ethel Waters as Beulah.
Waters is believed to have become the first black performer on television when NBC broadcast The Ethel Waters Show (1939). She was also the first black actress nominated for an Emmy (1961, for an episode of Route 66).

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First Person Arrested under the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937

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First Person Arrested under the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937

October 3, 1937

Moses Baca becomes the first person arrested under the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937. Police found 1/4 ounce in a bureau drawer when they were arresting him on a "Drunk and Disturbance" charge. He was sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth.
The judge in his case stated, "I consider marijuana the worst of all narcotics-far worse than the use of morphine or cocaine. Under its influence men become beasts, just as was the case with Baca. Marijuana destroys life itself".

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First Game of the NFL

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First Game of the NFL

October 3, 1920

American Professional Football Conference (APFC) plays their first game. The APFC would be renamed the National Football League (NFL) the following year.

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Vacuum Cleaner

October 3, 1899

The first motorized "vacuum" cleaner is patented (patent #634,042). John Thurman patents his gasoline-powered "pneumatic carpet-renovator". Technically, it wasn't a vacuum cleaner in that it blew a jet of air at the carpet, then collecting the dust in a receptacle. He used his invention to start a horse-drawn door-to-door vacuum cleaning business in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Siegfried & Roy Tiger Attack

October 3, 2003

Roy Horn is severely injured when their white tiger bites him in the neck during a performance. Roy stated that he had fallen and the tiger was trying to pull him to safety. This happened on Roy's 59th birthday. Roy is half of the famous magic duo Siegfried & Roy.

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Reunification

October 3, 1990

Reunification of East and West Germany.

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L.A. Law

October 3, 1986

L.A. Law debuts on NBC.

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First FBI Agent Charged with Espionage

October 3, 1984

Richard W. Miller is arrested for passing a classified document to the Soviets. In 1986 he was convicted and given a life sentence.

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First Black Major League Baseball Manager

October 3, 1974

Frank Robinson signs with the Cleveland Indians.

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Father Knows Best

October 3, 1954

Father Knows Best debuts on CBS, starring Robert Young.

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V-2 launch in 1943 V-2 launch in 1943
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First Long-Range Guided Missile

October 3, 1942

Germany's V-2 rocket is test fired. Germany began using the rockets in 1944, striking London and Antwerp. Traveling at the speed of sound, they were virtually impossible to stop.

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Federal Income Tax

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Federal Income Tax

October 3, 1913

First U.S. federal income tax under the 16th Amendment is signed into law by the U.S. Congress, 1% for incomes greater than $4,000.

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Thanksgiving

October 3, 1863

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declares the last Thursday in November to be a national Thanksgiving Day. This was observed yearly (except 1865 and 1869) through 1938. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared Thanksgiving as the next to last Thursday in November for 1939-41, and the 4th Thursday in November starting in 1942.

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First International Cricket Tournament Held in the U.S.

October 3, 1859

It was held in Hoboken, New Jersey; the English team beat the Americans.

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First National Thanksgiving Day

October 3, 1789

U.S. President George Washington declares November 26th as a day of general thanksgiving for the adoption of the constitution. This would be the first national U.S. holiday.

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Korea

October 3, 2333 

Gojoseon (Korea) is founded according to the 15th-century history book Dongguk Tonggam.

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Birthdays

Kathryn D. Sullivan

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Kathryn D. Sullivan

Born October 3, 1951

American astronaut. She was the first U.S. woman to walk in space (1984).

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Harvey Kurtzman

Born October 3, 1924 d. 1993

American Hall of Fame cartoonist. Creator of Mad magazine (1952) and also wrote Little Annie Fanny (featured in Playboy 1962-88).

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Ruth Cleveland

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Baby Ruth

Ruth Cleveland

Born October 3, 1891 d. 1904

American child. She was born to President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Cleveland between Cleveland's two terms of office (the only U.S. President to serve two non-consecutive terms) and was their first child.
Her birth created a national sensation and she was popularly known in the media as "Baby Ruth".
In 1921, seventeen years after her death, the Curtiss Candy Company renamed their Kandy Kake (1900–1920) candy bar "Baby Ruth" in honor of her. Coincidently, the famous baseball player Babe Ruth (George Herman Ruth) had hit 54 home runs the year before and had been the home run leader since 1918. Had they named it "Babe Ruth", they probably would have had to compensate him.
She died at age 12 after contracting diphtheria.

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First Leading Werewolf Character

Henry Hull

Born October 3, 1890 d. 1977

American actor. He played the main werewolf character in Werewolf of London (1935), the first werewolf film by a major Hollywood studio. His character was scratched and turned into a werewolf by Warner Oland's werewolf character, making Oland the first werewolf. Hull's character was the main protagonist of the film, making him the first leading werewolf character.

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Charlie Chan and the First Movie Werewolf

Warner Oland (Johan Verner Ölund)

Born October 3, 1879 d. 1938

Swedish-born actor. Film: Dr. Fu Manchu movies (title role), Charlie Chan movies (title role), and Werewolf of London (1935).
Werewolf of London (1935) was the first major Hollywood film to feature a werewolf. Oland's werewolf character, Dr. Yogami, scratches Dr. Glendon (played by Henry Hull), who then becomes the main werewolf character of the film. Although, Hull was the lead character in the film, Oland's character was the first werewolf in the film.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Born October 3, 1954 d. 1990

American Hall of Fame guitarist, musician. He died in a helicopter crash, along with several members of Eric Clapton's road crew. He was considered one of the most influential blues guitarists of the 1980s.

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Lindsey Buckingham

Born October 3, 1949

American musician, with Fleetwood Mac.

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Roy Horn (Uwe Ludwig Horn)

Born October 3, 1944 d. 2020

German-born American magician with Siegfried and Roy. Their magic act, known for its flash and use of animals, was the highest-grossing production in Las Vegas history. Horn was severely injured on his birthday in 2003 by a white tiger during one of their performances. Horn died of COVID-19 complications during the pandemic.
In Texas Hold'em, two queens as hole cards are referred to as a "Siegfried & Roy."

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Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans)

Born October 3, 1941

American singer. His hit The Twist reached #1 in 1960 and 1962.

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Eddie Cochran

Born October 3, 1938 d. 1960

American musician. Music: Summertime Blues (1958).

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Gore Vidal

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Gore Vidal (Eugene Luther Vidal)

Born October 3, 1925 d. 2012

American author. Quote: "A narcissist is someone better looking than you are."

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Franco Cristaldi

Born October 3, 1924 d. 1992

Italian Oscar-winning producer, Amarcord (1973) and Cinema Paradiso (1990).

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All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot (James Alfred Wight)

Born October 3, 1916 d. 1995

Scottish veterinarian. His book All Creatures Great and Small (1972) was the basis for the popular BBC series.

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Gertrude Berg

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Gertrude Berg (Tillie Edelstein)

Born October 3, 1899 d. 1966

American actress. TV: The Goldbergs (Molly Goldberg). A radio pioneer, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce and star in a long-running radio hit with The Rise of the Goldbergs (1929), later becoming The Goldbergs and eventually moving to television.

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Charles Middleton

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Charles Middleton

Born October 3, 1874 d. 1949

American actor. Film: Flash Gordon series (1936-40, Ming the Merciless).

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Eleonora Duse

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Eleonora Duse

Born October 3, 1858 d. 1924

Italian actress. She was the first woman featured on the cover of Time magazine (1923). She is considered the greatest tragic actress of modern time.

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First ship to transit the canal, the SS Ancon (1914) First ship to transit the canal, the SS Ancon (1914)

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William Crawford Gorgas

Born October 3, 1854 d. 1920

American sanitarian. He controlled malaria and yellow fever outbreaks during the construction of the Panama Canal.

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Patrick Manson

Born October 3, 1844 d. 1922

British parasitologist, Father of Tropical Medicine. His insect research led to the discovery of how malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes.

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George Bancroft

Born October 3, 1800 d. 1891

American historian, Father of American History.

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Deaths

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Janet Leigh (Jeanette Morrison)

Died October 3, 2004 b. 1927

American actress. Film: Psycho (1960, shower scene victim), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), and Night of the Lepus (1972). She was married to Tony Curtis from 1951 to 1962 and is the mother of actress Jamie Lee Curtis.

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George G. Blaisdell

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Invented the Zippo Lighter

George G. Blaisdell

Died October 3, 1978 b. 1895

American businessman. Invented the Zippo cigarette lighter (1932). The lighters were so popular among military personnel that during World War II, Zippo ceased civilian production and only produced lighters for the military.
The Zippo lighter's distinctive click received a U.S. trademark in 2018.

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Saint Francis of Assisi (Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone)

Died October 3, 1226 b. circa 1182

Italian Roman Catholic friar, and patron saint of animals. He founded the Roman Catholic order of Franciscans (1210). In 1224 he received the stigmata (the crucifixion scars of Christ) on Mt. Alvernia, Italy, making him the first recorded person in Christian history to bear the wounds of Christ's Passion. He also arranged the first Christmas live nativity scene (1223).

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Leon Max Lederman

Died October 3, 2018 b. 1922

American Nobel-winning physicist. He and Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger received the Nobel Prize for Physics (1988) for the discovery of the subatomic particle the muon neutrino. Quote: "Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money."

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Roddy McDowall (Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall)

Died October 3, 1998 b. 1928

British-born American Tony-winning actor. He won both the Charleston and Cha-Cha contests on The Arthur Murray Party (1950). Film: Lassie Come Home (1943, Joe Carraclough), Planet of the Apes (1968, Cornelius). TV: Batman (Bookworm).

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Woody Guthrie (Woodrow Wilson Guthrie)

Died October 3, 1967 b. 1912

American folk singer, composer. Music: This Land is Your Land and This Train is Bound for Glory.

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Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig

Died October 3, 1967 b. 1892

American character actor. Voice of Sleepy and Grumpy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney's Goofy and Pluto, and voice of the original Bozo the Clown.

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Elias Howe

Died October 3, 1867 b. 1819

American inventor. Elias Howe patented the first practical sewing machine (1846).

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Myles Standish

Died October 3, 1656 b. circa 1584

English colonist in America. He sailed over aboard the Mayflower and became military defender of New Plymouth.

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